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‘Squatting is still a legal occupation’. Director Sepp R Brudermann gives us six visions of squatting in London and shares with us the freedom and conflicts brought about by living such a transitional, insecure lifestyle.

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24 Hours in London
24 hours in London: what to do with that time? Dominic Wade went on a journey of self-discovery and found himself as well as the city he loves. Sit back and live through what he did and why he did it.

03:15

Love In The Streets (Jerry Rothwell)
Our collective imagination of homelessness is shaped by the idea of someone who is single and lonely. Roy and Morag explode that myth and take in companionship, humor and love, alongside the dirt, noise and damp of London’s pavements –a warm look at the chill of a (love) life lived on the outside.

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Nails (John McCullagh)
A manicurist, member of a family of "boat people" immigrants, draws on memories of her rural childhood to transform her customers' nails into small scenes of a life. There are women in London's Brixton whose fingernails recall village life in Vietnam.

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Here's the Thing...
What do your possessions say about you...? Twenty-some objects tell the story in this short documentary about 84 year old rural Pennsylvania grandmother, Jean Liebegott.
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Abney Park Cemetery - A Gem Lost in Time
Abney Park Cemetery is a park in Stoke Newington, North London, and is an oasis of calm and a place of refuge from the busy streets. This film tries to capture the park's atmosphere through imagery and quotes from visitors and people working in the park.

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Road Trippin' with Ice Cream Man Pitchfork Teaser
What a week we have in store for you! Ice Cream Man in Chicago at one of the best festivals in the country with one of the best after parties ever! Pitchfork and Bitchpork. This Thursday you'll see Ice Cream Man party with the masses and more amazingness with performances from Kurt Vile, Oberhofer with very special guests and much more... we can't wait for you to catch all the craziness at www.babelgum.com/icecreamman

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Gates of Hell
The Great Rift Valley in Kenya is the site of corrosive alkaline lakes that would prove inhospitable for most animals. But millions of flamingos find sanctuary in these bubbling cauldrons. Here, the birds are protected from predators and feed off of algae blooms, demonstrating the advantages available when birds of a feather flock together.

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African Gorillas
Wild Chronicles host Boyd Matson travels to Uganda to document efforts to preserve the fragile mountain gorilla population. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, established in 1991 to protect nearly half of the world’s remaining mountain gorillas, was initially met with adversity from local residents. See how government officials and locals now share the eco-tourism dollars and work to save these gentle giants.

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Vamped Out: Behind The Scenes #3: On Set With Jason...
Enjoy another behind the scenes look at Kevin Pollak's directorial debut, VAMPED OUT.

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Vamped Out: Behind The Scenes #1 "Kevin Pollak Directs"
Enjoy this behind the scenes look at Kevin Pollak's directorial debut, VAMPED OUT.

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